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Gov. Pritzker speaks at quantum innovation event

Pritzker Says Illinois’ Investments in Quantum Technology Could Deliver ‘History-Altering Innovations’

WTTW – At negative 450 degrees Fahrenheit, helium gas becomes a liquid, which is when Humboldt Park-based EeroQ Quantum Hardware is able to control and float single electrons over the…

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U of I, state name quantum-research park board of directors

Crain’s Chicago Business – A University of Illinois offshoot has named a board to oversee the state’s new quantum research campus that will be built on the former U.S. Steel…

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AOL’s Founder Predicted a Midwest Tech Hub: A Decade Later, Illinois’ Quantum Ecosystem is Fulfilling the Prophecy

Quantum Insider – The idea that a tech hub could rise in the Midwest once seemed improbable. For decades, Silicon Valley has long been synonymous with “epicenter of innovation.” However,…

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What’s a “quantum job”? A Q&A with Illinois’s first chief quantum officer

Chicago Council on Global Affairs – “Chief quantum officer” might sound like a job title from Star Trek, but Dr. Preeti Chalsani works right here in Chicagoland – not on…

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Attendee at the 2024 Chicago Quantum Recruiting Forum speaking with quantum professionals

Fast-growing quantum tech industry has well-paid jobs — and most don’t require a graduate degree

Chicago Quantum Exchange – In 2015, Marie Grubb, a supermarket cake decorator, spotted a job advertisement for a technician position at quantum technology company Infleqtion (then called ColdQuanta). The job…

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For these companies, quantum computing isn’t a far-off dream. It’s now.

Crain’s Chicago Business – Illinois wants to win the quantum computing race, so much so that it’s putting up a half-billion dollars in a bid to make Chicago a world…

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Chicago has bet on quantum computing as a job generator. It’s already happening.

Crain’s Chicago Business – An ecosystem of quantum companies already has emerged in Chicago focused on developing various parts of a computing technology that’s expected to solve large and complex…

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U.S. Steel South Works site wins massive quantum project

Crain’s Chicago Business – Illinois is making its giant bet on quantum computing on the Far South Side of Chicago at the former U.S. Steel South Works plant on Lake…

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Part of the former U.S. Steel South Works site

Chicago announces ‘transformational’ quantum computer commercial development at fallow South Works site

Chicago Tribune – In what could be a transformational development for Chicago, California-based tech company PsiQuantum is investing billions in the long-dormant South Works site in a quest to build…

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Former U.S. Steel South Works picked for quantum computer site, with multibillion-dollar investment

Chicago Sun-Times – PsiQuantum, a Palo Alto, California-based company, is planning a multibillion-dollar investment in Chicago to build the nation’s first commercially useful quantum computer, according to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s…

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